America Street: Unheard Voices

“America Street” is the story of Brady Young, a young man from the West who comes of age in the South as a student at the College of Charleston. Brady Young, an exceptionally smart and politically aware young man, protests what he sees as racial and social inequality around him by replacing the American flag with the Confederate flag at the college’s most revered place – Cistern Yard. He is caught in the act and must deal with the consequences. Brady faces jail time and expulsion from the college, and as he deals with his legal and academic problems, he comes to realize that his protest was meaningless in the absence of real action to effect change in the community. Brady starts an internet radio station that gives voice to average people in Charleston, and leads a movement to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10 in the city. Brady must deal with a nemesis – a wealthy and powerful man in Charleston whose son belongs to the fraternity where Brady stole the Confederate flag.